BRIDGEPORT — A former city assistant fire chief convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2022 did not appear in court for his scheduled sentencing Friday. Later in the day, a city official said the defendant, Harold Clarke Sr., was involved in "an incident" that occurred Friday.

Tony Barr was charged with assaulting emergency medical personnel, interfering with an officer and traveling too fast for conditions after a crash, police say.

A former Bridgeport fire official has died and police are conducting an untimely death investigation. The police department said Harold Clarke Sr. was scheduled to appear in court Friday morning, but he didn’t show up.

The city of Bridgeport is hoping to get people buzzing about conservation this year. On Jan. 9, Bridgeport Mayor Joe Gamin announced in a news release that the city has become an affiliate of Bee City USA,

State officials plan to keep a close eye on the Bridgeport school system as district leaders move forward with layoffs amid a $32 million shortfall.

A weekend storm could bring up to a foot of snow to Connecticut on Sunday ahead of a deep freeze expected next week, officials said

Arriving officers located a male victim at the front of a residence on Hewitt Street suffering from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Bridgeport city councilman Alfredo Castillo was referred to state prosecutors on Tuesday for potential criminal charges related to allegedly registering a non U.S. citizen to vote in the city’s 2023 Democratic primary and filling out an absentee ballot in that person’s name.

Bridgeport leaders are working together with mayors and superintendents from Connecticut’s largest cities – Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Waterbury.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Hartford HealthCare held a donation drive in Bridgeport Wednesday to support sexual assault survivors across the Connecticut community. “I’m a survivor of childhood sexual violence,” Tara Flynn said.

A program to help new moms and babies ease from hospital to home, a joint effort between Bridgeport Hospital and the state, is reaching the end of its first, successful year. “Postpartum is such a tender time and there’s so much going on,

A former high-ranking fire official was found dead Friday, Jan. 17, after he failed to show up for his sentencing on a sexual assault conviction, authorities announced. The body of Harold Clarke Sr.,